When: May 11-14, 2026
Where: 100% virtual
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The 2026 WEDI Spring Conference is a 3.5-day virtual spotlight on best practices, lessons learned, and emerging trends shaping the future of health care IT. Bringing together leaders from across the health care ecosystem, payers, providers, vendors, standards organizations, and government, WEDI continues its mission of driving strong public-private collaboration to advance administrative automation and health information exchange.
This year’s program explores how policy becomes practice through CMS-0057-F implementation and prior authorization modernization, the evolving interoperability landscape powered by HL7®, FHIR®, and Da Vinci initiatives, and the critical role of privacy, security, and trust in a connected world. Sessions will also highlight emerging innovation, patient access and transparency, digital equity, AI, and real-world implementation stories, alongside updates on new and revised standards, operating rules, and WEDI-led initiatives.
Designed to be idea-focused and conversation-driven, the conference offers actionable insights and practical guidance to help organizations prepare for what’s next in healthcare IT.
Check out this Featured Session!
This fireside chat will explore the vision behind the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem and its potential to transform how health data is accessed and used across the health care system. The conversation will examine the value this approach can deliver for patients, providers, and innovators, and discuss how industry stakeholders can participate in building a more connected and consumer-centered digital health landscape.
Keynote Speaker: Rachel Dunscombe, CEO, HL7
Rachel Dunscombe serves as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at HL7 International. Prior to joining HL7, she was the CEO of openEHR International, a global non-profit organization providing global open standards for healthcare data. A Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO), Rachel brings extensive experience in digital health leadership, policy and workforce development.
Rachel has held significant leadership roles across the global healthcare landscape. She spent over five years as the CEO of the NHS Digital Academy, where she spearheaded the upskilling of digital leaders across the United Kingdom’s National Health Service, working with Imperial College London, the University of Edinburgh and Harvard Medical School. Additionally, Rachel led the International ARCH Collaborative for KLAS Research, driving global insights into electronic health record usability and clinician satisfaction.
Rachel’s strategic expertise has been utilized at the highest levels of government, where she provided advisory services to the UK Secretary of State for Health and served on the UK AI Council. Operationally, Rachel is the former Director of Digital and CIO for the Salford Royal/Northern Care Alliance (NCA) Group. Under her leadership in 2017, the group was recognized as the NHS’s most digitally mature organization.
Rachel will speak on May 12 on shifting from standards development to scalable real-world implementation, addressing variability, aligning with CMS/ASTP, and how HL7 can leverage their standard to support AI and automation while actually reducing the burden on implementers, rather than adding to it.